Exam question 1 · The internet and undersea cables

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the internet?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: internet

This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «The internet and undersea cables» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 internet	det
10	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the internet				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A network of networks through which data is transmitted in packets via routers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 network	det
2	network	network	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 transmitted	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 networks	case
4	networks	network	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 network	nmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 data	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 data	det
7	data	data	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 networks	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 transmitted	aux:pass
9	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 packets	case
11	packets	packet	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 transmitted	obl
12	via	via	ADP	_	13 routers	case
13	routers	router	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 transmitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive		a network of networks through which data		packets		via routers	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

A single computer of great size situated in one country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 computer	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 computer	amod
3	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 size	case
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 size	amod
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 computer	nmod
7	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 computer	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 country	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 country	nummod
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		a single computer of great size not said here		one country			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in country=Destination

Option 3

A satellite which broadcasts web pages to all dwellings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 satellite	det
2	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 broadcasts	nsubj
4	broadcasts	broadcast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 satellite	acl:relcl
5	web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pages	compound
6	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 broadcasts	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 dwellings	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 dwellings	det
9	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 broadcasts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	broadcast speech: other	present	a satellite	web pages	all dwellings				vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent page=Topic to dwelling=Recipient

Option 4

A cable connecting each dwelling to a single shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cable	det
2	cable	cable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	connecting	connect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 cable	acl
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 connecting	obj
5	dwelling	dwell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 connecting	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 shop	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shop	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shop	amod
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dwelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	connect	gerund	a cable not said here	each					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient
2	dwell	gerund	a cable not said here					to a single shop	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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